LITERATURE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON AND EDINBURGH
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KARL W. HIERSEMANN
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Literature in the
Elementary School
BY PORTER LANDER MacCLINTOCK, A.M.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Copyright 1907 By
The University of Chicago
All Rights Reserved
Published November 1907
Second Impression October 1908
Third Impression September 1909
Fourth Impression November 1910
Fifth Impression March 1912
Sixth Impression October 1913
Seventh Impression November 1914
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The University of Chicago Press
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
to W. D. M.
to A. C. D.
AND
TO MY DEAR FRIENDS AND FELLOW-STUDENTS
Lander
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THIS LITTLE BOOK, THE OUTCOME OF OUR COMMON STUDIES,
IS MOST LOYALLY AND LOVINGLY DEDICATED
PREFACE
This book had its origin in several years of experience and experimentin teaching classes in literature in the Laboratory School of theUniversity of Chicago, when that fruitful venture in education was beingconducted by Professor John Dewey; in many years of private reading withchildren; and in many years of lecturing to teachers of children.Indeed, all the material bears the unconcealable marks of its origin aslectures, it being extremely difficult to turn into decorous chapters ina book, stuff which first took shape as spontaneous and informal lectures.
The central matter of the book was published as a series of articles inthe Elementary School Teacher of October, Novemb